Bethesda Presbyterian Church
Bethesda Presbyterian Church is a church at 2409 Poplar Street in Lynchburg, VA 24504. It is one of 247 churches in Lynchburg.
2409 Poplar Street, Lynchburg, VA, 24504Bethesda Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 523 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Virginia — 11,639 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around Bethesda Presbyterian Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 47.6%
- Food Insecurity: 30.5%
- Diabetes: 18.5%
- Social Isolation: 39.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.7%
- Poverty Rate: 27.5% (16.0–39.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 22.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
- Depression: 23.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.5% (5.9–19.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Lynchburg city is served by 135 churches — about one congregation for every 586 residents.
Churches near Bethesda Presbyterian Church
- White Rock Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Amazing Grace Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Rescue Mission Non-Denominated Church — 0.4 mi away
- Central Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Harvest Worship Center — 0.7 mi away
- Diamond Hill Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Crosspoint Downtown — 0.8 mi away
- Christ Temple Apostolic Church — 0.9 mi away
- Greater Peaceful Zion Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 1.1 mi away
- Downtown Presbyterian — 1.2 mi away
- Grace Presbyterian Church — 2 mi away
- Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian Church — 3.1 mi away
- Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church — 3.8 mi away
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